Leonardo da Vinci
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
: Until end of turn, Thopters you control have base power and toughness X/X, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
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: Draw a card, then discard a card. If the discarded card was an artifact card, exile it from your graveyard. If you do, create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 0/2 Thopter artifact creature with flying in addition to its other types.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Assassin's Creed
- Price
- $3.91
- EDHREC rank
- #10595
Leonardo da Vinci lands and immediately starts manufacturing a 1/1 Thopter token for each artifact you cast — a continuous payoff that compounds fast in any artifact-heavy shell. The seven-mana price tag is steep, but Sai, Master Thopterist decks treat it as a redundant engine that keeps churning even when Sai hits the command zone tax.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sai, Master Thopterist
Sai, Master Thopterist already rewards every artifact cast with a Thopter, so Leonardo da Vinci doubles the token output on the same spells — two engines stacking on a single trigger event means your artifact storm turns generate a board twice as fast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Leonardo da Vinci does its real work — artifact-token strategies have the density of cheap artifacts and the political buffer of 40 life to afford a seven-drop that pays back over multiple turns. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but effectively invisible; the formats move too fast for a seven-mana do-nothing-the-turn-it-enters creature to matter. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it sees fringe play, specifically in artifact-focused builds looking for redundant payoffs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.91 cheap tier
At $3.91, Leonardo da Vinci sits in the cheap tier — easy to slot in without a budget conversation. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.